The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses


Lu par Becky Cook

(4.5 stars; 13 reviews)

Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this collection of poetry. While some poems are anecdotal and amusing, others capture the raw brilliance that frontiers evoke and the ever pioneering spirit of man. Alternately titled Songs of a Sourdough in the United Kingdoms. (Introduction by Becky) (1 hr 20 min)

Chapitres

01 - The Land God Forgot 1:13 Lu par Becky Cook
02 - The Spell of the Yukon 3:18 Lu par Becky Cook
03 - The Heart of the Sourdough 2:11 Lu par Becky Cook
04 - The Three Voices 1:26 Lu par Becky Cook
05 - The Law of the Yukon 5:38 Lu par Becky Cook
06 - The Parson's Son 3:47 Lu par Becky Cook
07 - The Call of the Wild 2:49 Lu par Becky Cook
08 - The Lone Trail 2:20 Lu par Becky Cook
09 - The Pines 2:19 Lu par Becky Cook
10 - The Lure of Little Voices 1:49 Lu par Becky Cook
11 - The Song of the Wage-Slave 2:58 Lu par Becky Cook
12 - Grin 1:32 Lu par Becky Cook
13 - The Shooting of Dan McGrew 4:43 Lu par Becky Cook
14 - The Cremation of Sam McGee 4:38 Lu par Becky Cook
15 - My Madonna 0:54 Lu par Becky Cook
16 - Unforgotten 0:54 Lu par Becky Cook
17 - The Reckoning 1:21 Lu par Becky Cook
18 - Quatrains 1:45 Lu par Becky Cook
19 - The Men That Don't Fit In 1:30 Lu par Becky Cook
20 - Music in the Bush 2:42 Lu par Becky Cook
21 - The Rhyme of the Remittance Man 2:29 Lu par Becky Cook
22 - The Low-Down White 1:45 Lu par Becky Cook
23 - The Little Old Log Cabin 1:50 Lu par Becky Cook
24 - The Younger Son 2:45 Lu par Becky Cook
25 - The March of the Dead 2:59 Lu par Becky Cook
26 - "Fighting Mac" 3:19 Lu par Becky Cook
27 - The Woman and the Angel 1:56 Lu par Becky Cook
28 - The Rhyme of the Restless Ones 2:05 Lu par Becky Cook
29 - New Year's Eve 3:37 Lu par Becky Cook
30 - Comfort 1:11 Lu par Becky Cook
31 - The Harpy 2:41 Lu par Becky Cook
32 - Premonition 0:58 Lu par Becky Cook
33 - The Tramps 1:11 Lu par Becky Cook
34 - L'Envoi 1:37 Lu par Becky Cook

Critiques

bret harte or jack london


(5 stars)

if they wrote doggerel (pun intended: service is famous for his dog stories and poems,), it would be something like this. Give it a listen, and as always, thank you glorious LibriVOX volunteers, esp. Becky Cook, who read them perfectly. YOU RULE!!!!!


(4 stars)

Service was my father's favorite poet. He would read aloud when I was a boy. Readers treated his work very well. Enjoyable and informative.


(4 stars)

great poems, reader a bit under dramatic